Mount Burnett Chromite

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112652
MRDS ID A000903
MAS/MILS ID 0021190001
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Burnett Chromite
Alternate or previous names Union Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -132.15371, 55.77754 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 070 S 086 E 25 NENWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -132.15371, 55.77754

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1933

Mining district

District name Chichagof District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B800 pp. 351-352

  • Deposit

    B947D pp. 80-83

  • Deposit

    OF126 pp. 227-231

  • Deposit

    C252 p. 11

  • Deposit

    IC7844 p. 11

  • Deposit

    GSA BULL 5908 pp. 891-1017

  • Deposit

    B1108B pp. 35-36

  • Deposit

    ADGS AR 1966a p. 64

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 183

  • Deposit

    P800C pp. 159-160

  • Deposit

    P800C pp. 21-27

  • Deposit

    MF433

  • Deposit

    P926B p. 5

  • Deposit

    OF78-869 pp. 212-213

  • Deposit

    OF81-122 p. 35, No. 167

  • Deposit

    P820 pp. 540, 542-545

  • Deposit

    OF82-719 p. 10, No. 256

  • Deposit

    ADGGS PDF 89-20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BECAUSE OF SMALL SIZE LOW GRADE AND LOW CHROME IRON RATIO OF CHROMITE ALL DEPOSITS ON MT BURNETT ARE OF NO COMMERCIAL VALUE NO CLAIMS SHOWN ON THIS PROSPECT MULTIPLE DEPOSITS OF HIGH-IRON CHROMITE. ONE OUTCROP IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 25 TONS CHROMITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-AUG-1991 Carnes, R. David U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.